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Musical learning: Differences between boys and girls in Hong Kong Chinese co-educational secondary schools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2001

Wai-chung Ho
Wai-chung Ho
Affiliation:
Dr Wai-chung Ho, Hong Kong Baptist University E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper presents an overview of boys' and girls' musical learning inside and outside school. This involves a sampling survey of 877 pupils (414 boys and 463 girls) in nine Chinese secondary schools. The paper argues that patterns of gender stereotyping associated with music among Hong Kong students have some similarities with those in the Western world. The impact of gender beliefs was most evident in types of instrumental learning, types of music activities, and listening and singing preferences. The subjects' attitudes towards the promotion of popular and Western classical musics in school emerged as statistically significant, while their attitude towards Chinese classical music was non-significant.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Music Education , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 41 - 54
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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